Rory McIlroy’s near nine-year wait for a fifth major title goes on after he finished second, one-stroke behind winner Wyndham Clark, at the US Open.
Did you make it to the end? The last putt dropped at 2.52am – were you there? Did you hang on in to the death on the couch, propped up by cushions, raddled with coffee, dangling by the last gossamer thread of hope that maybe Wyndham Clark would find a way to let Rory McIlroy back in through the door?
There’s something about watching sport in the dead of night. Every minute you stay up is one you’re not getting back. Every just-one-more-hole is a swatch you’ve torn out of the following day. There’s that gnawing sense that you’re stealing f …
- June 20, 2023
